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KMID : 0360220210620050697
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2021 Volume.62 No. 5 p.697 ~ p.791
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Infectious Keratitis Caused by Eikenella corrodens
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Moon Ja-Young
Jin Hyung-Nam
Yoon Hyeon-Jeong
Yoon Kyung-Chul
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Abstract
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Purpose: We report a case of infectious keratitis caused by Eikenella corrodens in a patient who lost visual function.
Case summary: A 65-year-old male with histories of a corneal ulcer, glaucoma, and bullous keratopathy visited our hospital complaining of redness and pain in his right eye for the past 10 days. Slit-lamp examination revealed stromal infiltration, a 2-mm-high hypopyon, and severe inflammation of the anterior chamber. Vitreous opacity was evident on ocular ultrasonography. Culture of corneal scrapings yielded Eikenella corrodens. After 5 days of antibiotic treatment, ceftazidime was injected intravitreally and histoacryl glue applied to treat the corneal perforation and the endophthalmitis. Two months later, the eye was not inflamed.
Conclusions: Eikenella corrodens should be considered a possible pathogen when a patient with an underlying ocular disease presents with infectious keratitis. A corneal ulcer caused by Eikenella corrodens has not previously been reported in the Republic of Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Corneal ulcer, Eikenella corrodens
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